Window-screen hanger.



0. G. SMITH.

WINDoW SCREEN HANGBB.

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. 1,046,667. I Patentea Dec. 10, 1912.

OTIS G. SlVIITI-I, OF DENVER, COLORAIDO.

WINDOW-SCREEN HANGEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Application filed. February 16, 1912. Serial No. 677,993.

To ol?- whom 'Lt may concerm' Be it known that I, Oris G. SMITH, a cit1- zen of the United States of America, residing in Vthe city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful iVindoW-Scre-en Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in window screen hangers.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap and simple hanger, easily applied, and to provide against the danger of a screen falling from its brackets, and yet easily removed or replaced for cleaning windows.- Further, to provide a window screen hanger which consists of a hanger to be attached by nails or screws to the window screen and brackets to receive the hanger to be attached likewise to the window casing or hanging stile, and forming a hinge. These and other minor objects to be hereinafter specified, are accomplished by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a front elevation of a window frame and screen, the latter being supported upon the frame by the improved hanger. Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view through a portion of an upper and lower window sash, and a screen frame, the hanger being shown in side view. Fig. 3, is a perspective View of one of theJ brackets and hangers in partial engagement. Fig. 4, is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 3, the hanger being raised to a horizontal position to permit its engaging end to enter the bracket. And Fig. 5, is a perspective view of one of the hangers.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,-1 indicates the supporting brackets, and 2, the hangers. The brackets 1 are secured to the outer face of the window frame 3, and slightly above the upper end of the lower sash when the latter is down, and flush with the inner edges of the said window frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, in Which the device is illustrated in connection with a half screen. When a full length screen is used, the brackets 1 are secured at the upper end of the window frame, as will be understood. These brackets for the sake of cheapness are made of sheet metal, preferably brass, and comprise shallow U- shaped body portions 4, the extremities of screws, as may be desired,

which terminate in lateral feet 5, which are provided with nail or screw receiving apertures 6. The body portions 4 are provided with horizontal slots 7 which extend in from one edge a distance slightlyl greater than half the width of the metal of which the bracket is formed, the brackets being interchangeable so as to be fastened upon either side of the window frame.

The hangers 2 are made in right and left patterns, and comprise flat plate portions 8, provided with nail or screw receiving apertures 9, the said apertured portions terminating at their upper ends in outwardly bent members 10, which at their upper ends terminate in short vertically disposed portions 11, which in turn terminate in short horizontal portions 12. The parts 11 and 12 form a rightangled bend, which is of greater width than the metal from which the remaining portion of the hanger is formed, being extended on one side of each hanger to form arms 13, which are supported by the brackets 1. These arms 13 which in cross section are of the form of an inverted L, not only engage the brackets 1, but also prevent the hangers from becoming accidentally disengaged from the brackets, as will presently appear.

The hangers 2 are secured to the upper corners of the screen frame 14, which lies against the lower end of the upper window sash 15, as shown, the outwardly bent members 10 of the hangers extending above the upper end of the screen frame, and their arms 13 pointing in opposite directions. The brackets are so positioned that when the screen is supported by them, the horizontal members V12 of the hangers are slightly below the slots 7 in the brackets 1, so that the usual swinging movement of the screen cannot result in the disengagement of the hangers from the brackets, as will be understood.

After the brackets 1 and 2 have been secured to the window frame 3, and screen frame 14, respectively, either by nails or the screen is hung in the following manner: .The screen is held in a vertical position and the horizontal ends 12 of the hangers are slipped into the slots 7 of the brackets, as shown by Fig. 3. The screen is then swung to a horizontal position, and the parts 11 are slipped through the slots 7, as shown by Fig. 4, after which the screen is dropped to its normal or vertical position, as shown inFig. 2, when the .withdrawn from the said slots.

lower edges of the arms 13' engage the lower curved edges of the brackets, and the screen is thus supported, its lower edge being a suflicient distance from the window sill to prevent binding when the screen is swung in or out.

` The rounded ends of the brackets tend to crowd the arms 13 against the face of the window frame, the weight on the hangers being downward, and thus thehangers are prevented from rattling in the; brackets. The ends of the brackets may also be made straight if desired, as shown in Fig. 4.

The depth of window frames from the lower sash to the outer face of the said frames, varies considerably in difierent styles of frames, and the screen frame is frequently of less thickness than the said depth, and for this reason the upper ends of the hangers are adapted to be bent at any practicable angle that will accommodate the screen to the window frame.

In order to remove the screen from the brackets, it must be manipulated in the manner above described, the operation being in the reverse order. That is: the screen must be lifted and raised to a horizontal position, when the members ll of the arms 13 are slid through the slots 7 of the brackets; the screen is then swung to a vertical lposition, which permits the members 12 to be From the foregoing it will be seen that the accidental disengagement of the hangers from the brackets, either by wind or in opening and closing the screen, is practically impossible, owing to the different positions the screen must assume before the parts of the hanger can be disconnected, and as the weight of the screen is carried by the inclined or curved ends of the brackets upon which the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the hanger arms 13 rest, the screen frame `is thereby forced against the window sash, and the parts 12 of the hangers are likewise held against the window frame, so that rattling either of the screen or of the hanger arms in the brackets is prevented.

Having described my invention, lwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A screen hanger as specified, comprising a substantially U-shaped memberhaving a horizontal slot in its center,'and a member having a lateral arm L-shaped in cross section, Which is adapted to be passed through the said slot, and rest upon the lower side of the U-shaped member.

2. In a screen hanger, means for supporting a screen frame in swinging relation to a window frame, so as to prevent accidental displacement of the screen frame therefrom, comprising vertically disposed U-shaped plates adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the window frame, and provided on their inner edges with horizontally disposed slots, and plates adapted to be secured to the upper corners of a screen frame, having outwardly bent upper ends which ter-- minate in angle plate bends, having lateral angle plate extensions, one wing of each eX- tension being vertically disposed while the other is horizontally disposed, the vertical wings lying next the plates, and resting upon their lower terminal portions, said angle plate extensions being below the plane of the slots in the U-shaped plates.

In testimony Whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTIS G. SMITH.

VVitnesses:

G. SARGENT ELLIoT'r, J EWEL V. KJLEY.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

